The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-22

led to the duel 90 lar - ne rememoefs
them. Bnt this Office had, Indirectly,
a great deal to do with that affair. In
fact, the refusal OF the department to
adopt certain mail bag which had
been offered by q sanguine inventor
was undoubtedly the prime cause OF
the controversy. The story Is this:
"In 1887 q man nsmsd Il. q. Jones
came here with a mail bag which he
had invented and patented. He was
confident that this bag wss the one
thing needed to improve the mail sew
ice. The Postmaster General refused
to have anything TO do with the bag.
The inventor was advised 10 10 TO The
Senate Committee on Postoffices. He
did 30 and cav Senator Ruggles, OF
Maine, who was chairman OF the COM
mittee. Rugales told Jones that he
had nothing TO do with the details OF
departmental management and that
the Postmaster General had sole con-
troll OF the equipments OF the service.
This made Jones apgry, and on return
ing to his hotel he filed the corridors
with his abuse Of everyone conn ected
with the government. Some one told
him that he ought to have offered
Ruggles $500, and that he might have
bad better luck II he had done 80.
Matthew L. Davis, who wrote for
Watson Webb's paper, the Courier
and Enquirer, overheard him. He
wrote an article on Corruption In
Washington, and mentioned that this
bs6 maker could not get con ract be.
csute he could not bride Senator Rug
giles. When the paper containing the
articls came back 10 Washington,
Oilley saw II. He was . warm per.
sonal friend OF bis Senatorial colleague,
and at once took uP the quarrel In his
hehali. The discussions In those
days were OF q very lively nature, and
hot words were freely distributed. The
Kentucky delegation sprang to the
rescue Of Webb, who finally chal.
lenged Cilley, with the result 90 well
known. Until that time the two con.
testants had never had q quarrel in
their lives, and were always as warmly
attached 10 each other as political oppo.
nents could be In times Of great ex.
element"
rKRRAPINs AND BULL FROGS.
The terrapin an a the bull frog have
an important bearing upon the food
question, and the epicureans OF WASH
ipgton find no daintier dith at the
club and first-class restaurants here.
The immense traffic In terrspins is
fact not generally known 10 the PUB.
lie. The Chesapeake bay and its trib.
u,srie3 produce every year a million
and q half dollars worth Of diamond.
back terrspins. The price for this
variety average $3.50 each. The yield
thus amouHs 10 100000 teIrapins.
The business affords employment to
over 800 men, and terrapin fan ms have
been established on both sides OF the
bay from It's mouth 10 the head iers,
and are particularly abundant In
rivers and inlels. 0le d. aler In Balti-
more says his sales amount 10 800, 900
yearly, and that he could easily In
crease bis trade TO $4,000 per
RnDum II terrapins could be- found 10
supply the demand. Terrapius sell
in Washington from 81 80 10 $50
apiece, according 10 SIZE, and the res
tauranteur Is obliged to give his order
In the market here weeks ahead. A
ieuapin served by John Chamber
lain's $1,000 year cook Is about as
near perfection In the way Of an cpl.
cuiean feast as can be reached. In
the frat warm days OF early spring
the bull frogs omit the mud
holes where they have sept
during the winter add congresate
Ia still ponds and muddy places along
streams Of water. Al this season the
female deposits her spawn, and the
young frog enters bis tadpole exis
fence, aud usually remains IN this
state for two years. Before the fore
10 n have appeared, the hind legs are
only one. half an inch In length, and
the tadpole measures two inches from
the tip OF the nose 10 tbs end OF the
tail. The bullirogs are either shot or
caught with q hook bailed with q
red, bright piecs OF flannel, or an arti.
d iisl insec'. The tr ffic In ir,g legs Ia
as uminR VAT proportions in arge
cities They are presented iILeale In
Philadelphia game markets arranged
in d. ZspB--oLe dtEen pairs bfigg I'm
poled on stick. The Length OF the
head and body Of q full gown bull.
frog 10 from xix TO ten inchtp, and Of
the hind legs, from eight 10 twelve
inches. An authority eays that they
Tesch even twenty one inchee In the
South. The prices range In this lAli.
lude from 81 10 TO 80 per dozen.
Two YOUNG cRooKs.
Harry T. Cook, aged about twenty.
one, and Charles T. Cook, bis brother,
some years younger, were arrested
here this afternoon. the elder for
forgery and the younger for collision.
Their plan OF operations wa8 novel
and ingenious, and but for an over.
sight, which they might easily have
avoided, they could have gone on In.
definitely In their coune. Harry
was the discount clerk In
the Columbia National Bank, where,
o. courte. he had accsts TO the sigma.
lures aud accounts Of the banks pat.
tors. II has been shown by invssi-
cation that he some time ago dis.
euissd himself and under an stsumed
nams opened sn account 10 auother
bank. de then rg.d tho name OF
ons Of the Columbia banks depositors
10 q series Of checks payable 10 himself
under his ast umed name and got his
younger brother 10 deposit them to
his account. The checks, after they
had been returned 10 the Columbia
Bank for collection, and after they
had been paid and entered In the
books, were secured by the former
aud destroyed. The culpris are the
sons Of the late Prof. Cook, OF this
city; The name forged y the checks